Lucius Verus

Lucius Verus (15 December 130-169) was the Emperor of the Roman Empire from 8 March 161 to 169, succeeding Antoninus Pius and preceding Marcus Aurelius.

Biography
Lucius Verus was born on 15 December 130 to Lucius Aelius, a senator of the Roman Empire to a family of Hellenic Romans. His father was an adopted son of Hadrian, and Lucius Verus was adopted by Antoninus Pius (the successor of Hadrian due to Lucius Aelius' death). He succeeded his adoptive father on his death on 8 March 161, and he was co-emperor with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. From 161 to 166 he won a successful war against the Parthians, and he also fought tribes on the Danube River in the Marcomannic Wars. He died in 169 AD, and Marcus Aurelius succeeded him.